Hailed as the ‘best’ war movie right now and awarded with a score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, this film is not one to be missed. Warfare, which was released just last month, has been receiving a great reception.

It is currently sitting at the top spot for best war film right now on IMDb, above Inglorious Basterds. Warfare, written and directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland, is based on the former’s experience serving in the Iraq War and follows a group of US Navy SEALs in real-time as they embark on a dangerous assignment through enemy territory. The film follows the soldier Mendoza (D’Pharoah Woon-A-Tai) and his best friend Elliot Miller (Cosmo Jarvis), who were sent on a deadly mission to the city of Ramadi, where Miller was seriously injured while engaging in combat. The film is dedicated to Miller.

The film’s synopsis reads: “A visceral, boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told like never before: in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.”

Its stellar cast includes Will Poulter, Charles Melton, Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor and Michael Gangolfini.

A reviewer on IMDb described it as a “masterpiece” and added “I just came out the theater and still feel shocked at how powerful it gets”.

Alex Godfrey from Empire rated it five stars, praising the film’s “no showy visual flourishes – just lean, mean storytelling”.

BBC’s Caryn James awarded it five stars in her review, dubbing it: “A brilliantly executed war movie.”

Joel Searls of Miltary.com said: “Warfare is one of the best war movies of the post-9/11 era. In all likelihood, it will end up ranking as one of the best action war movies in cinematic history.”

A reviewer on Rotten Tomatoes commented: “Garland successfully continues his mission to challenge audiences to grasp the humanity within a conflict, even among viewers whose politics may not agree.”

The critics consensus reads: “Narratively cut to the bone and geared up with superb filmmaking craft, Warfare evokes the primal terror of combat with unnerving power.”

Arnold Schwarzenegger is known for his huge back catalogue of incredible action films. Known for his bodybuilder physique, the now 77-year-old broke into the movie world with the epic fantasy Conan the Barbarian in 1982. 

And just two years later he would be on cinema screens again with perhaps the most iconic role of his career – The Terminator. The 1984 film was written and directed by James Cameron and sees The Terminator (Schwarzenegger) sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate Sarah Connor, played by Linda Hamilton, because her unborn son, John, will help liberate mankind from artificial intelligence Skynet and escape extinction. When the film first came out, it had mixed reviews; however, now it has a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The 40-year-old sci-fi movie is “certified fresh” on the film review aggregation website and even has an impressive score of 89% from more than 200,000 audience reviews.

Marking four decades since its release last year, many critics revisited the classic, often loving it more now than when they first saw it. 

Deborah Ross of The Spectator said: “It’s engrossing, suspenseful, has a personality all of its own and absolutely stands the test of time.”

Sharai Bohannon said: “The Terminator is a classic for a reason. Easily one of James Cameron’s best films and the perfect blend of horror, action, and 80s vibes.

“It still packs so much adrenaline and reminds us why retro sci-fi is unmatched.”

One moviegoer, Paul, has loved the film since the start and took his son to see it when it was being reshown in cinemas for its 40th anniversary. 

He said: “The Terminator is my favourite movie of all time. I saw it when it came out on VHS and I was around 10.

“I just had to say yes to the opportunity to see it with my son in the movie theater. He loved it! It’s amazing how well-produced this movie is and my son couldn’t believe it was made in 1984.

“There has never been a more believable cyborg than Arnold, his movements and actions are just as a machine would behave.”

It is fair to say the sequels struggled in The Terminator’s shadow somewhat but people still love the franchise and there are still many online discussions about the lore of the Skynet-infused cinematic universe. 

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (91% score on Rotten Tomatoes) was released in 1991 and was a huge hit, but we had a longer wait for the third instalment, Rise of the Machines, which was released in 2003 and has a far lower score of 70% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

This was followed by Terminator Salvation (33% score on Rotten Tomatoes) in 2009, Terminator Genisys (26% score on Rotten Tomatoes) in 2015 and Terminator: Dark Fate in 2019 (70% score on Rotten Tomatoes). 

There was also a TV show, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles which ran from 2008 to 2009.

The Terminator is available on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV.

An iconic war film starring Robert De Niro is now available to watch on Amazon Prime, and fans have called it “one of the greatest films ever made”. The Deer Hunter, released in 1978, follows a trio of Slavic-American steelworkers (De Niro, Christopher Walken, and John Savage) who go off to fight in the Vietnam War. The lives of the three men from a small town in Pennsylvania are impacted and disrupted by the horrors of the conflict, something that is explored in depth as they re-enter civilian life.

The film gets its name from a scene in which Mike (De Niro) kills a deer with a single shot while on a hunting trip with his friends. Mike’s most famous line in the film is: “You have to think about the one shot. One shot is what it’s all about. A deer has to be taken with one shot. I try to tell people that but they don’t listen.”

It was nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1979, and won five: Best Picture, Best Director (for Michael Cimino), Best Supporting Actor (for Walken), Best Sound, and Best Film Editing.

It was also Meryl Streep’s first Academy Award nomination (for Best Supporting Actress).

The Deer Hunter has been included on numerous lists of the best films ever made, including being named the 53rd-greatest American film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2007.

It was also selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1996 for being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.

Viewers appear to agree with the accolades, with one person on IMDB calling it “one of the greatest films ever made”.

Another described De Niro as “sensational”, adding: “By the end I thought of them as brothers and I loved them. I actually loved them. That in itself is a sort of film miracle.”

A third added: “Cimino’s great directing and the cast’s awesome acting provide for a touching and honest drama about the friendship of a group of young men that is destroyed by the Vietnam war.”

The Deer Hunter is partly based on an unproduced screenplay called The Man Who Came to Play by Louis A. Garfinkle and Quinn K. Redeker about Las Vegas and Russian roulette.

Cimino and Deric Washburn rewrote the script after it was bought by producer Michael Deeley. The two men took some of the original ideas of the screenplay and placed them in the Vietnam War.